Certainly Unexpected

Charlie Bazile is a popular, sweet boy, Amy Smith is a lonely confused girl with a rocky past who no one seems to understand, but what she doesn't know is that the only person who can understand her, is who she least expected

Chapter 4: the Ace under the sleeve

Cate and Baze had made up a routine for bed time, which parent took one room and then they would switch. As the boys all shared one and Hannah was the only one to have it all for her, it didn't seem to be that hard

"Night kiddo" Baze entered Hannah's room. He could see she pretended to be sleeping, just that he would lean over and kissed her forehead

"It was my fault" Hannah whispered "that Charlie is upset"

Baze sat on the bed, the covers still over the girl's head "so... what happened"

"There is this new girl at school, who doesn't have any friends and I guess Charlie was just trying to be nice" she sat on straight

"So you played the little sister card…" Baze said "you called her…"

"His girlfriend' Hannah frowned "I was just kidding, I didn't mean for him to get upset!"

"I know you didn't, in fact I really think is a good think that he's trying to help this girl" Hannah looked confused

"What do you mean?"

"I mean he's doing what no one else did, he's taking the first step so she can know, she shouldn't be afraid" Baze lay on the bed next to his daughter. Their matching eyes locked

"So he's doing something good, for someone that doesn't know who to turn to?" her father nodded "wow. I think that's really nice"

"It is Ace; I think your brother is just learning the challenges of growing up" Baze told her. Hannah hugged her father

"Will I know them?" Baze stared at her for a while. He wanted to say yes but he instantly thought of his little girl growing up and it freaked him out

"Sure you will, I just hope not too soon" Baze sighed

"Daddy?" Hannah had always had a special relationship with Baze, they were made of the same wood, of all the kids, she was the one who was more like him. Selfless for others and kind of irresponsible at school, she wasn't an A Straight student, but was gifted at sports; especially basket ball and she loved it, almost as much as Baze did

"What?" Baze said sweetly. She was the exact image of him, same hair, eyes, and personality. Nose

"Tell me again why you call me Ace" she begged making puppy eyes

"You've heard it a thousand times" Baze groaned "but okay"

"so when your mom was pregnant with you, we were in a car accident, we didn't even know she was pregnant, at that time, so when we were in the hospital your mom and I started having some problems and I got really, really sick, so I didn't think I was going to make it, so I proposed to your mom, so if I didn't get another chance she knew that I loved her and that I had one last gift to share in case something happened to me

"I was that gift, wasn't I?" Hannah asked.

"So I made a promise to your mom. That I was going to try real hard to get better if she kept taking care of herself and you"

"So you both kept your promises" Ace smiled widely

"And believe it or not, when I was in surgery I kept imagining what you would look like. Who you would look like, and all the things I wanted to share with you, and our family, so a month after the accident being back at home your mom and I found out you were going to be a girl, and even though I wasn't completely fine, after a while I realized that since the moment we had crashed you had been the angel that was looking out for me, for us, that had kept us holding on, you the newest addition to the family had been the reason for me finally gathering the guts to get married, because although I had made a promise to your mom , I had actually made it to you, that if I lived I would make my life worthwhile, and you answered back" he had tears in his eyes

"Don't cry daddy, I'll always be here to take care of you" Hannah kissed Baze's cheek

Hannah had fallen asleep when Baze left the room ten minutes later; he leaned to kiss her forehead and whispered "you'll always be my guardian angel. The key to bring us all closer together the ace of the game. One who kept me holding on to everything that was good in my life"

A/N: Just thought it would be nice to explain why Hannah is called Ace. Just a sweet father- daughter moment!